They continued by recognizing the importance of the authenticity he brought to *Breaking Bad* through his own experience living with cerebral palsy.
“Drawing from his own experience living with cerebral palsy, Mitte brought authenticity to the role and built a platform on disability awareness and inclusion.”
Mitte was born on August 21, 1992, in Jackson, Mississippi.
His life changed dramatically when he was cast as Walter “Flynn” White Jr., the teenage son of Bryan Cranston’s Walter White and Anna Gunn’s Skyler White in AMC’s *Breaking Bad*.
The series debuted in 2008 and ran for five seasons before concluding in 2013.
Like Mitte himself, Walter Jr. lived with cerebral palsy.
That shared experience allowed the young actor to bring a level of authenticity to the character that was still relatively uncommon on mainstream television at the time.
Rather than allowing Walter Jr.’s disability to completely define the character, the show presented him as an ordinary teenager dealing with family conflict, growing independence, and eventually the horrifying truth about his father.
